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National Resource, Partner & Advocate

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is a national resource, partner, and advocate for state public health leaders who work and support state maternal and child health programs and others working to improve the health of women, children, youth, families, and communities.

We build successful programs by disseminating best practices, advocating on behalf of our members in Washington, DC, providing technical assistance, convening leaders to share experiences and ideas, and advising states to reach our common goal of healthy children, healthy families, and healthy communities.

OUR MEMBERS

Protect and Promote

AMCHP members come from the highest levels of state government. They include directors of maternal and child health programs, directors of programs for children with special health care needs, and other public health leaders who work and support state maternal and child health programs. AMCHP’s membership also includes academic, advocacy, community-based family health professionals, adolescent health coordinators, program managers, epidemiologists, family leaders, people with lived experience with the challenges AMCHP endeavor to solve, as well as families themselves.

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Policy Implementation

CenteringPregnancy – Medicaid Enhanced Payment for Group Prenatal Care

CenteringPregnancy - Medicaid Enhanced Payment for Group Prenatal Care is a policy focused on enhanced payment and alternative payment models for evidence-based group prenatal care. These are effective strategies for states to incentivize providers to utilize a model of care that reduces health disparities and increases birth outcomes while saving payers precious reinvestment dollars. Read More

Policy Development

Family Recovery Plans Implementation Task Force Act

This legislation creates a statewide, multidisciplinary task force to design a Family Recovery Plan (FRP) Model for substance-exposed infants and their families, as required by CAPTA-CARA federal law to develop recommendations using a public health approach for the implementation, tracking and enforcement of the FRPs, and ensure that the model focuses on the long-term needs and health outcomes of infants born with prenatal substance exposure and their caregivers. Read More

Cutting-Edge Practice

Improve Perinatal Access Coordination and Treatment: Behavioral Health (IMPACT BH)

IMPACT BH helps communities strengthen and integrate their local perinatal behavioral health services through training, technical assistance and resources—to make sure birthing parents receive the best possible behavioral health care and support. Read More

Promising Practice

Jenna’s Project – UNC Horizons

Jenna’s Project facilitates community-based care coordination and treatment resource provision for pregnant women re-entering the community after incarceration, with the goals of decreased rates of self-reported and verified fatal overdose and reincarceration among pregnant or postpartum women prior to incarceration and six months post-incarceration. Given that another important overdose triggering event may be a child’s removal from parental custody, care coordination also includes support for open Child Protective Service (CPS) cases. Read More

Emerging Practice

Maggie’s Place: New Beginnings for Homeless Pregnant Women

Maggie's Place provides safe housing and a nurturing community for homeless pregnant women, empowering them to thrive throughout their lifetime. Read More

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RECENT NEWS

Supporting our mission one step at a time

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Announces 2025 Board of Directors Election Results

The election results were presented during the Annual Business Meeting held on March 18 in Washington, DC Washington, DC - The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is pleased to announce that the AMCHP membership has elected a new slate of...

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Announces 2025 AMCHP Annual Award Winners

The awards will be presented at the 2025 AMCHP Annual Conference from March 15 – 18, in Washington, DC Washington, DC - The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP), an organization committed to advancing the health of women, children, youth, and...

Government Shutdown Staved Off through March 2025

After a tumultuous week of negotiations on multiple iterations of a bill to avert a government shutdown, Congress passed legislation to extend funding for the federal government through March 14, 2025. The short-term funding bill – known as a continuing resolution or...

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